diff --git i/beets/ui/commands.py w/beets/ui/commands.py
index 3a337401..d08a6763 100755
--- i/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ w/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -1759,21 +1759,6 @@ default_commands.append(config_cmd)
 def print_completion(*args):
     for line in completion_script(default_commands + plugins.commands()):
         print_(line, end='')
-    if not any(map(os.path.isfile, BASH_COMPLETION_PATHS)):
-        log.warning('Warning: Unable to find the bash-completion package. '
-                    'Command line completion might not work.')
-
-
-BASH_COMPLETION_PATHS = map(syspath, [
-    '/etc/bash_completion',
-    '/usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion',
-    '/usr/local/share/bash-completion/bash_completion',
-    # SmartOS
-    '/opt/local/share/bash-completion/bash_completion',
-    # Homebrew (before bash-completion2)
-    '/usr/local/etc/bash_completion',
-])
-
 
 def completion_script(commands):
     """Yield the full completion shell script as strings.
diff --git i/test/test_ui.py w/test/test_ui.py
index 9804b0a1..c3b53243 100644
--- i/test/test_ui.py
+++ w/test/test_ui.py
@@ -1229,12 +1229,7 @@ class CompletionTest(_common.TestCase, TestHelper):
                                   stdout=subprocess.PIPE, env=env)
 
         # Load bash_completion library.
-        for path in commands.BASH_COMPLETION_PATHS:
-            if os.path.exists(util.syspath(path)):
-                bash_completion = path
-                break
-        else:
-            self.skipTest('bash-completion script not found')
+        self.skipTest('bash-completion script not found')
         try:
             with open(util.syspath(bash_completion), 'rb') as f:
                 tester.stdin.writelines(f)